βήξ: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=βηχός<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[coughing]] (Th.).<br />Other forms: also [[βηκός]], s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 703)<br />Derivatives: Demin. [[βηχίον]], also a plant [[colts-foot]], [[(Hustenkraut)]], [[Tussilago farfara]], as medicine against coughing (Lehmann KZ 41, 94, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 8 5f.). Denomin. [[βήσσω]], [[βήξω]], [[ἔβηξα]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The root noun [[βήξ]] denotes the illness as active (though not necessarily as a demon, Radermacher WienAkSb 202, 1 S. 10 A. 2). Fur. 128 notes [[βήκιον]] and [[πήχιον]] as variants and concludes (hard to escape) to Pre-Gr.; hardly IE (Eng. [[cough]]) with Pisani Arch. glott. it 53 (1968) 63f. Ultimately onomatopoetic?.